While that update made some of the larger torrent sites less visible, the biggest culprit is now illegal streaming sites. Google is facing pressure from industry groups like the MPAA and RIAA to de-index the worst offenders completely, but the search giant says site-wide censorship is going too far.

As Google and copyright holders continues to butt heads on what should and should not be included in search results, the number of piracy requests per day is only expected to keep rising.